During the 1980s, R.E.M. were one of the most important rock bands in the campus radio movement. They became successful internationally in 1987, when they released the song, "The One I Love". They were very popular in the early 1990s and broke-up in 2011. They have been inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Mitch Easter (far left) was R.E.M.'s producer until 1984, helping to define the band's early sound

Pavement, one of several bands to name R.E.M. as an influence—they even wrote the song "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" in honor of them.

R.E.M. onstage, 2008

Michael Stipe has used his celebrity status to support political and humanitarian causes; he is seen here at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, which was created to renew that neighborhood of New York City after the September 11 attacks.

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